Railroad tie protector



J. PUGEL Dec. 22, 1931.

RAILROAD TI E PROTECTOR Filed Oct. 11, 1950 ATTORN Y Patented Dec. 22,1931 l 61..v Y r a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE j a 301m ruonn, OFnLIzAnn'rn, nEw. nRsnv V i l i RAILROAD TIEfrno'rEoTon Applicationfiled. October 11, 1930.1 Siam No. asaeea' This invention relates toprotecting devices terial of the tie 10' to secure the band 11 in forwooden railroad ties, and has for its main its tightly drawn positionaround the tie. object to provide a device which will prevent The ends11a and 11b of the band mayoverlap a cracking and subsequent rotting ofthe one another andmay be secured together on ends of such ties. the tieby'similar securing means 13. It will It is a well known fact that theends of said be obvious that even this simple form of my wooden railroadties are liable to crack durinvention. will keep the material of the tieing use and to rot and decay through such near its endtightlytogetherand prevent the cracks and my invention mainly consists incracking or splitting of said material with its providing a ring likestructure around the subsequent rottingand deteriorating. V I d tieadjacent to its end tightly drawn around An improved form of my deviceis shown the same and secured thereto which will prein Figs. 2 and 8,wherein the protecting band Vent the cracking and separating of thema14' has prongs 15 struck out from the same at terial of the ends of saidrailroad ties, and appropriate places so that a few prongs will 15 atthe same time such protecting devicemay be driven into each sideof thetie when the V alsohave extensions to be bent over and upon bandis'tightly drawn around the same and the endsof the tie so as to furtherprotect the by this simple means the ends of the tie will same fromrotting. be kept tightly compressed and the cracking Otherobjects of myinvention are to proor splittingv thereof prevented; vide a device ofthe character mentioned A modified form of the embodiment of 7awhichwill be simple and inexpensive in 0011 Figs. 2 and 3 is shown in Fig. 5in which exstruction and efficient in use. tensions 16 are provided atthe one side of the In the accompanying drawings forming a band 14having inclined sides 17 so that when part of this specification: theband is tightly drawnand secured right Fig. lis an end elevation of awooden railat the end of the tie, said extensions may be 75 road tieshowing one embodiment of my inbent over the end surface of the tie andvention applied thereto; through prongs 18 driven into the material Fig.2 is a perspective view of a portion of to secure the same into its endsurface and to a railroad tie adjacent to its end showing ancover andprotect it by said extensions.

other form of my device, while V In Fig. 4, finally, I show a stillfurther o Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the tie and promodification ofmy railroad tie protecting detecting device shown in Fig. 2, Y vice inwhich the band around the tie and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an endof the the protecting cover on its end surface are tie showing anothermodification of my pro made up of four angular sections 19, 20, 21tecting device applied thereto, and and 22,'each section covering onecorner of Fig. 5 is a blank of still another modificasaid tie and to besecured thereto by nails or tion of my device before being applied-tothe screws 23, the meeting edges of the sections tie and broadlyrepresenting the device overlapping one another, as at 24, and beingshown in Figs. 2 and 3 with extensions added secured to one another andto the material of 40 at one side thereof to be bent over and fasthe tieand its end surface by similar securing tened to the ends of the tie.means 23.

Referring now more closely by characters It will be understood thatchanges and of reference and particularly to Fig. 1, the variations maybe made in the parts and comnumeral 10 indicates a wooden railroad. tie,binations of my device and I hereby reserve 45 adjacent to the one endof which a metal my rights to any and all such changes and hand 11 iswound around, tightly drawn over modifications as are within the spiritof the the tie. Apertures 12 are provided at approinvention and thescope of the annexed claims. priate places in the metal band, and nails,What Iclaim as new, is: screws or other securing elements maybe 1.'Aprotectin'g device for wooden railroad driven through the apertures 12into the maties, comprising an elementencircling said tie loo adjacentto the end thereof, being tightly Wound around the same and securedthereto so as to prevent the cracking or splitting of said end, saidelement being in the form of a metal band, and having prongs struck outfrom the material of said band adapted to engage the sides of said tie.

2. A protecting device for wooden railroad ties, comprising an elementencircling said tie adjacent to the end thereof, being tightly Woundaround the same and secured thereto so as to prevent the cracking orsplitting of said end, said element being in the form of a metal band,extensions applied along one edge of said band, said extensions beingadapted to be bent over the end surface of the tie to cover and protectthe same.

3. A protecting device for Wooden railroad ties, comprising anelenient'encircling said tie adjacent to the end thereof being tightlywound around the same and secured thereto so as to prevent the crackingor spli ting of said end, said element being in the form of a metalband, prongs struck out from the material of said band adapted to engagethe sides of said tie, extensions being provided along one edge of saidband adapted to be bent over and cover and protect the end surface ofthe tie, said extensions also having prongs to engage the material ofthe tie.

Signed at New York in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 2nd day of September, 1980.

JOHN PUGEL.

